Chinese symbol for “spat”

口水仗

kǒu shuǐ zhàng

dispute; spat; shouting match

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spat is 口水仗 (kǒu shuǐ zhàng), defined as: dispute; spat; shouting match.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

口 kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

radical 30 ⼝ · 3 strokes

水 shuǐ

water, liquid, lotion, juice

radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

仗 zhàng

1to rely upon; protector; to fight; war, weaponry

radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 口水仗.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人口	rén kǒu	population; people
出口	chū kǒu	an exit; 个 (gè)
进口 (進口)	jìn kǒu	to import; imported
口号 (口號)	kǒu hào	slogan; catchphrase
门口 (門口)	mén kǒu	doorway; gate
入口	rù kǒu	entrance; to import
水平	shuǐ píng	horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit
打仗	dǎ zhàng	to fight a battle; to go to war

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.